There does not appear to be contemporaneous evidence of an 1872 arrest, but from the 1890s onward, a number of newspaper articles about Officer William H. īoth 1866 arrests were reported by the D.C. president to have been arrested while in office. While of questionable historicity, the third is the best-known if it did occur, this would make Grant the only U.S. The first two arrests were in 1866, when Grant was commanding general the third is said to have occurred in 1872, when Grant was serving as the 18th President of the United States. Grant, who led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War, was widely known for his prowess as a horseman. Grant by officers of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia (MPD), all for speeding by horse. There are three reported arrests of Ulysses S. Bonner racing in a carriage in New York, as depicted in an 1868 lithograph
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